Micro aquarium blog 3

On October 24, 2014, something was inserted into my micro-aquarium. It was "Atison's Betta Food" made by Ocean Nutrition, Aqua Pet Americas, 3528 West 500 South, Salt Lake City, UT 84104.The ingredients are fish meal, wheat flower, soy meal, krill meal, minerals, vitamins and preservatives. The analysis of the food is Crude Protein 36%; Crude fat 4.5%; Crude Fiber 3.5%; Moisture 8% and Ash 15%  (McFarland, 2014). 

Since the food has been added, their has been a lot more activity. Majority of the organisms were moving pretty fast. I seen some organisms that were oval shaped. They all stayed very closed to each other. I think they were some type of bacteria. I also seen a Nematode. Dr. McFarland and I tried to capture a few pictures but they wasn't visible. During that process, he helped me identify some more organisms. 

The first organism was a Euchlanis sp.(Pennak 1989 p. 171 fig. 2 ). The organism was moving very quickly through the micro-aquarium. I found out that it has two strong toes used for swimming.

 The second organism was a Euplotes sp. (Patterson 1996 p.124 fig. 260).  This organism has a very unique shape. It was also calm, not as active like the others.

Some of the other organisms were a Coleps sp. (Patterson 1996 p. 162 fig. 375) and a Difflugia sp. (Patterson 1996 p. 95 fig. 186).  

 McFarland, Kenneth [Internet] Botany 111 Fall 2014. [November 3,2014]. Available fromhttp://botany1112014.blogspot.com/

 Pennak RW.  1989.  Freshwater Invertebrates of the United States.  New York (NY): The Ronald Press Company.  .

 Patterson DJ.  1996.  Free-Living Freshwater Protozoa.  London (UK): Manson Publishing Ltd.